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 Francois G. Pin Engineering Science and Technology Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Francois G. Pin
For significant contributions and visionary leadership in the fields of Robotics and Intelligent Systems and Human-Machine Synergy. Dr. Francois G. Pin received a B.S. degree in 1974 from the Université de Savoie, Chambéry, France; a Maitrise de Mécanique in 1976 from the Université de Nancy in France; and a Diplome National d' Ingénieur in 1997 from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d' Electricité et de Mécanique, Nancy, France. He then received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering and aerospace sciences in 1978 and 1982 from the University of Rochester in New York. Dr. Pin joined ORNL in 1982 and has served in several research positions, initially in the Energy Division, then as group leader of the Mathematical Modeling and Automated Methods group and the Autonomous Robotics Systems group. He has also served as principal investigator of the Center for Engineering Systems Advanced Research, and more recently, as Chief Scientist of Robotics in the Robotics and Process Systems Division. His research interests and activities have concentrated on robotics and automation areas, including numerical modeling, computational systems, artificial intelligence, and human-machine interactions. He is best known for his technical leadership and contributions for three major activities. The first is the Holonomic Omnidirectional Platform, a novel mechanism that won an R&D-100 award and a patent that has been applied to a variety of rolling systems, including a new wheelchair design to improve the mobility of the handicapped. The second is the Full Space Parameterization method, a novel method for resolution of under-specified systems of algebraic equations. The third is the Fuzzy Behaviorist Approach, a methodology to develop human-like reasoning control and decision-making systems for robots. His present research activities focus on human-amplifying machines, a new class of wearable mechatronics systems aimed at augmenting, enhancing, or amplifying a human's cognitive, perceptive, and physical abilities. He and his collaborators have developed the Next Generation Materials Handler, the world's first human-strength-amplification robotic system with a multi-ton capability that demonstrates novel technologies for paving the way to a new class of human-amplifying machines. He and his collaborators have also been selected to pursue a major five-year research effort toward development of the future generation of exoskeleton-type wearable machines. Dr. Pin has authored or co-authored more than 150 publications, and he has given dozens of invited talks and keynote addresses. His work has been featured many times on national television or radio shows and in popular magazines such as Discover, Popular Mechanics, or Mechanical Engineering. He has received numerous awards, including the Chauvet Award and Fellowship as a young engineer, the best paper award at the International Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing, a R&D-100 award and patent, and several U.S. Department of Energy and corporate special achievement, technical achievement, team achievement, and president's awards. He is or has served as editor or on the editorial board of seven international journals related to robotics, automation sciences, and environmentally friendly engineering. He has been selected as technical program chairman of four international conferences. Dr. Pin has also been interested in the mentoring of young engineers and scientists. He has served as advisor for more than 60 students, young faculty, or visiting scientists at ORNL. He was named a corporate fellow in 2000.
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